A Dhaka underworld and family-network figure discussed through conviction, commutation, presidential pardon, and later complaint reporting.
Aliases: Tofayel Ahmed Joseph, Tofael Ahmed Joseph, Joseph Ahmed
Al Jazeera Investigative Unit · 1 Feb 2021
Investigative report alleging that Haris and Anis Ahmed, brothers of General Aziz Ahmed, lived abroad after murder convictions and that the family network was linked to bribe, contract, and security-force influence claims. The report says subjects were contacted for response.
View sourceThe Business Standard · 4 Sep 2024
Report that the ACC decided to investigate allegations of illegal asset accumulation, money laundering, and irregularities against Aziz Ahmed and brothers Haris Ahmed and Tofail Ahmed.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 19 Sep 2024
BSS report that businessman Selim Prodhan filed a court complaint naming Aziz Ahmed, Benazir Ahmed, Haris Ahmed, Tofail Ahmed alias Joseph, and another accused over alleged extortion and abduction; the magistrate directed CID to investigate.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 30 May 2018
Report that Tofayel Ahmed Joseph was released after presidential clemency; it recounts his 2004 death sentence for the 1996 murder of Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa, later commutation to life imprisonment, and Haris and Anis Ahmed's life sentences in the same case.
View sourceProthom Alo · 4 Feb 2021
Report that Haris Ahmed and Anis Ahmed, brothers of General Aziz Ahmed, had been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mustafizur Rahman Mostafa murder case and were later granted clemency under Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
View sourceIncluded because multiple public reports document his murder conviction, Supreme Court commutation to life imprisonment, presidential clemency release, and later extortion complaint reporting with Aziz and Haris Ahmed.
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Mohammadpur, Dhaka
Reported themes: murder conviction, sentence commutation, presidential pardon, 1990s criminal-list reporting, and extortion-complaint allegation.
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Daily Star reported that a Dhaka court sentenced Tofail Ahmed Joseph to death in 2004 for the 1996 murder of Freedom Party leader Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa, the Supreme Court commuted the sentence to life imprisonment in 2015, and he was later released after presidential clemency in 2018. BSS later reported that he was named in a 2024 extortion complaint; that complaint is not treated as a conviction.
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